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    scan·dal·ize
    [ˈskandlˌīz]
    verb
    scandalize (verb) · scandalizes (third person present) · scandalized (past tense) · scandalized (past participle) · scandalizing (present participle) · scandalise (verb) · scandalises (third person present) · scandalised (past tense) · scandalised (past participle) · scandalising (present participle)
    1. shock or horrify (someone) by a real or imagined violation of propriety or morality:
      "their lack of manners scandalized their hosts"
    Origin
    late 15th century (in the sense ‘make a public scandal of’): from French scandaliser or ecclesiastical Latin scandalizare, from Greek skandalizein.
    scan·dal·ize
    [ˈskandlˌīz]
    verb
    sailing
    scandalize (verb) · scandalizes (third person present) · scandalized (past tense) · scandalized (past participle) · scandalizing (present participle) · scandalise (verb) · scandalises (third person present) · scandalised (past tense) · scandalised (past participle) · scandalising (present participle)
    1. reduce the area of (a fore-and-aft sail) by lowering the head or raising the boom.
    Origin
    mid 19th century: alteration of obsolete scantelize, from scantle ‘make small’.
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    verb
    1. shock or horrify (someone) by a real or imagined violation of propriety or morality:
      shock
      appall
      outrage
      horrify
      disgust
      revolt
      repel
      sicken
      nauseate
      offend
      affront
      insult
      give offense to
      cause raised eyebrows
      Opposite:
      impress
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